Is the GAA in competition with rugby or not?
There landed a snazzy brochure, a video centred on Liam Neeson’s endorsement of this rugby initiative. The symbolism of an all Ireland approach was not scanted. Minister Frances Fitzgerald remarked: “Rugby is an unique unifier.”
Boons were of arresting kind. Success would deliver nearly half a million visitors to Ireland, with €800m in economic benefit. Longer term boost for tourism speaks for itself.
